Largest Valley retail centers.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE top six retail centers in the greater San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. area all have over 1 million square feet of gross leasable area Gross leasable area (GLA) in the retail development industry is a term applied to shopping malls, lifestyle centers, outlet malls and other retail centers to indicate the amount of floor space available to be rented. with the top three centers housing over 200 stores. Most of the malls on the Business Journal's list saw little change from 2005, however, the Glendale Galleria The Glendale Galleria is a large 3 story regional shopping mall located in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. It is the second largest mall in Los Angeles County. It is located in Downtown Glendale. , in the No. 3 spot on this year's list added 20 stores and increased its size by more than 150,000 square feet in the past year. Last year's No. 1 shopping destination, Northridge Fashion Center Northridge Fashion Center is a large shopping mall located in Northridge, California. It opened in 1971. It was severely damaged during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994, but renovated extensively in 1995 and 1998. , also increased its tally of stores from 170 to 200, but placed second on this year's list due to the extensive expansion of Westfield Topanga Westfield Topanga, formerly known as the Westfield Shoppingtown Topanga and more commonly known to locals as the Topanga Mall or Topanga Plaza, is a two-story shopping mall consisting of 230 tenants spread across three sections. with 1.6 million square feet of retail space. Australian-based Westfield Group The Westfield Group is a multinational company that owns shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Westfield shopping centres are typically branded with the name Westfield or Westfield Shoppingtown in their name. , whose U.S. operations are based in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , owns four centers on the list that together account for nearly 4 million square feet of retail space in the greater San Fernando Valley. The other retail centers ranking highest in gross leasable area were Burbank Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War. Town Center in the No. 4 spot with over 1.2 million square feet, The Oaks at No. 5 with nearly 1.1 mllion square feet and Fallbrook Center in West Hills came in at No. 6 with 1 million square feet of retail space. Simi Valley Town Center Simi Valley Town Center is a shopping center located in Simi Valley, California. The mall opened in 2005 with Macy's and Robinsons-May as anchor stores. The Robinsons-May store was converted into a Macy's Men and Home Store on September 9, 2006. which opened in 2005 holds steady in its first year of business retaining its original number of 120 stores. The number of shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into stores on the list range from 31 to 270 stores with several locations anchored by movie theater complexes. THE PACESETTER WESTFIELD TOPANGA THE largest retail shopping center in the greater San Fernando Valley is the newly expanded Westfield Topanga in Canoga Park with 1.6 million square feet. In an effort to change the Valley's retail landscape, Westfield Westfield. 1 City (1990 pop. 38,372), Hampden co., SW Mass., a residential and industrial suburb of Springfield, on the Westfield River; settled c.1660, inc. as a city 1920. Bicycles, machinery, and paper and metal products are made. invested over $330 million to redevelop re·de·vel·op v. re·de·vel·oped, re·de·vel·op·ing, re·de·vel·ops v.tr. 1. To develop (something) again. 2. the shopping mall shopping mall or shopping centre Collection of independent retail stores, services, and parking areas constructed and maintained by a management firm as a unit. It is a 20th-century adaptation of the historical marketplace. In the U.S. . When completed, the renovated center will add more than 140 stores, including a new three-level Nordstrom Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) is an upscale department store chain in the United States which was initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrance, and home furnishings. and a new two-story Target. Among the additional shops and boutiques added to the mall mall: see shopping center. (World-Wide Web) mall - A collection of World-Wide Web documents featuring commercial products and services, usually served by one particualr Internet access provider. directory will be 66 retailers making their debut in the Valley. The centerpiece of the redeveloped center is a new 30,000 square foot skylight skylight Roof opening covered with translucent or transparent glass or plastic designed to admit daylight. Skylights have found wide application admitting steady, even light in industrial, commercial, and residential buildings, especially those with a northern orientation. and atrium atrium (ā`trēəm), term for an interior court in Roman domestic architecture and also for a type of entrance court in early Christian churches. The Roman atrium was an unroofed or partially roofed area with rooms opening from it. , as well as a new cafe-style dining terrace terrace, a level field built on top of a hillslope into the floor of a deep valley to improve cultivation of crops. Terracing uses the runoff from the hill to increase soil retentiveness and arability and is often part of a larger irrigation system that includes with seating for 800. Westfield Topanga is hoping to enhance the mall experience by stepping forward and offering innovative technology to make shopping easier and more enjoyable. Shoppers will benefit from new parking systems and plasma screens with the latest weather, sports scores and traffic information. A new Neiman Marcus Neiman Marcus U.S. department-store chain. It was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1907 by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman, and her husband, A.L. Neiman. , the sixth location in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). , is slated to open at Westfield Topanga in 2008. The renovation provided over 1,500 construction jobs and over 3,000 retail jobs in the completed center and is projected to bring in over $605 million in annual sales.
LARGEST VALLEY RETAIL CENTERS
Ranked by gross leasable area
Rank Retail Center Size
* address * gross leasable area
* city/ZIP (square feet)
* number of stores
1 Westfield Topanga 1,600,000 (1)
6600 Topanga Blvd. 250
Canoga Park 91303
2 Northridge Fashion Center 1,500,000
9301 Tampa Ave. 200
Northridge 91324
3 Glendale Galleria 1,475,675
2148 Glendale Galleria 270
Glendale 91210
4 Burbank Town Center 1,240,673
201 E. Magnolia Blvd. 105
Burbank 91501
5 The Oaks 1,086,222
222 West Hillcrest Drive 130
Thousand Oaks 91360
6 Fallbrook Center 1,000,000
6633 Fallbrook Ave. 42
West Hills 91307
7 Antelope Valley Mall 940,000
1233 Rancho Vista Blvd 153
Palmdale 93551
8 Westfield Valencia Town Center 860,500
24201 W. Valencia Blvd. 201
Valencia 91355
9 Westfield Fashion Square 843,200
14006 Riverside Drive 120
Sherman Oaks 91423
10 Burbank Empire Center 617,000
1800 Empire Ave 38
Burbank 91504
11 Westfield Promenade 614,500
6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd. 65
Woodland Hills 91367
12 Simi Valley Town Center 600,000
1555 Simi Town Center Way 120
Simi Valley 93065
13 Camarillo Premium Outlets 454,600
740 E. Ventura Blvd. 120
Camarillo 93010
14 Panorama Mall 324,959
8401 Van Nuys Blvd. 67
Panorama City 91402
15 Promenade at Westlake 210,000
140 Promenade Way 31
Thousand Oaks 91362
16 Calabasas Commons 198,388
4799 Commons Way 38
Calabasas 91302
Rank Income Anchors
* average household
income
1 $95,580 Nordstrom, Macy's, Sears
2 72,927 JCPenney, Macy's,
Pacific Theaters, Sears
3 67,875 JCPenney, Macy's,
Mervyn's, Nordstrom (4)
4 61,139 Ikea, Macy's, Mervyn's, Sears
5 64,816 Macy's, JCPenney
6 83,003 Mervyn's, Sport Chalet,
Target, K-Mart
7 70,625 Dillard's, Gottschalks, JCPenney,
Mervyn's, Sears
8 86,879 JCPenney, Sears, Macy's
9 92,276 Bloomingdale's, Macy's
10 60,776 Target, Lowe's, Staples,
Best Buy
11 95,580 Macy's, Barnes & Noble,
AMC Theatres
12 105,000 Macy's
13 70,806 (2) Off 5th-Saks Fifth Ave, Calvin Klein,
Barney's New York Outlet
14 61,890 La Curacao, Wal-Mart
15 93,975 (2) Mann Theatres, Bristol Farms
16 117,080 (2) Edwards Cinemas, Ralphs
Rank Profile Web Site
* year opened
* parking spaces
1 1964 www.westfield.com
6,100
2 1971 www.northridge
6,963 fashioncenter.com
3 1976 www.glendalegalleria.com
6,214
4 1991 www.mediacitycenter.com
5,720
5 1978 www.shoptheoaksmall.com
4,500
6 1966 www.generalgrowth.com
5,266
7 1990 www.av-mall.com
5,500
8 1992 www.westfield.com
5,822
9 1962 www.westfield.com
4,035
10 2001 www.donahueschriber.com
2,801
11 1971 www.westfield.com
2,662
12 2005 www.simivalleytc.com
2,800
13 1995 www.premiumoutlets.com
WND
14 1980 www.panoramamall.com
1,469
15 1996 www.shoppromenade.com
1,206
16 1998 www.shopcommons.com
1,068
Rank Owner/Developer
* headquarters
* mall phone
1 Westfield Group
Los Angeles (3)
(818) 594-8732
2 General Growth Properties
Chicago
(818) 885-9700
3 General Growth Properties
Chicago
(818) 246-6737
4 General Growth Properties
Chicago
(818) 566-8556
5 Macerich Co.
Santa Monica
(805) 495-4628
6 General Growth Properties
Chicago
(818) 885-9700
7 Forest City Enterprises Inc.
Cleveland
(661) 266-9422
8 Westfield Group
Los Angeles (6)
(661) 254-0213
9 Westfield Group
Los Angeles (6)
(818) 783-0550
10 Donahue Schriber
Costa Mesa
(714) 966-6425
11 Westfield Group
Los Angeles (6)
(818) 594-8732
12 Forest City Enterprises Inc.
Cleveland
(805) 581-7155
13 Chelsea Property Group
Roseland, N.J.
(805) 445-8520
14 Macerich Co.
Santa Monica
(818) 894-9258
15 Caruso Management Co.
Calabasas
(818) 222-3444
16 Caruso Management Co.
Calabasas
(818) 222-3444
(1) Effective beginning October 2006
(2) From Allied data based on zip codes.
(3) U.S Headquarters, headquarters is located in Australia
(4) Target opening mid-2007.
Notes: Information for this list provided by the representatives and
websites of the owners/developers, the Los Angeles Business Journal and
Allied Van Lines City Profiles. Retail centers are ranked by total
gross leasable square footage.
To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of press
time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and
thoroughness of the list, omissions and typographical errors sometimes
occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to
the Research Department, San Fernando Valley Business Journal, 21600
Oxnard St., Suite 250, Woodland Hills 91367. [c] 2006 San Fernando
Valley Business Journal. This list may not be reprinted in whole or in
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Researched by Barbara Sheppard
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